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Pirated CD sales could be used to fund terrorism? That's a pretty tenuous link to "counter-terrorism efforts related to the 2020 Olympics."

• emodendroket 9y ago
  To be fair, pirated DVDs and CDs have been used by organized crime; no reason to think terrorists wouldn't look for the same revenue stream.
  • pyre 9y ago
    Right, but is finding copyright infringers really the best way to look for terrorists that may be attempting to attack the 2020 Olympics? I mean "counter-terrorism efforts for the 2020 Olympics" is the stated goal of this legislation.
    • cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
      In their (copyright enforcement cartel) mind, it IS terrorism. Remember what Jack Valenti testified before Congress about the VCR[1]: 'I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.' [1] https://cryptome.org/hrcw-hear.htm https://cryptome.org/hrcw-hear.htm
    • emodendroket 9y ago
      No, I don't think it is.